Narrating with nouns: singular definite articles
I can match nouns to their correct grammatical gender and correctly translate short present tense sentences to and from German to narrate events.
Narrating with nouns: singular definite articles
I can match nouns to their correct grammatical gender and correctly translate short present tense sentences to and from German to narrate events.
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Key learning points
- German has three words for 'the': 'der' (masculine), 'die' (feminine) and 'das' (neuter).
- When learning a German noun, learn its grammatical gender.
- There is only one present tense in German: 'ich lerne' means 'I learn' and 'I am learning'.
Keywords
Definite article - the words 'der', 'die', 'das', meaning 'the'
Grammatical gender - way to categorise all nouns as either masculine, feminine or neuter
Present tense - describes habitual events in the present: ‘I do’ or ‘I’m doing’
Common misconception
Grammatical gender is the same as biological gender.
Grammatical gender is not the same as biological gender, i.e., not all nouns referring to a female are gramatically female (for example, 'das Mädchen' = 'girl').
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
computer game
head
shape
family
room
human being
-e
-st
-t
Exit quiz
6 Questions
bitte
danke
Körper (m)
Nacht (f)
kommen
nochmal